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Scammers targeting tax credit customers: here’s how to protect yourself
HMRC issues scam warning to tax credits customers and a reminder that scammers use deadlines
HMRC has issued a warning to tax credits customers, who are renewing their tax credits claims, to be alert to scammers trying to steal their…
IR35 experts warn of new umbrella company scam
Experts warn of Off-payroll tax avoidance loophole that leaves people exposed
Industry experts are sounding warning bells about a new “Gross Payment Model” emerging in the umbrella company sector, which they claim is a tax avoidance…
Government decision on non-compete clauses won’t be decided for “some way off” say…
Osborne Clarke has reported that the UK government is proposing to introduce legislation "when parliamentary time allows" to cap the duration of non-compete provisions in employment contracts at three months. However, a decision won't be…
The £300m hole created by public sector IR35 bills is “astonishing” and…
UKRI hit with £36m IR35 bill, taking non-compliance in public sector to £300m
Another public sector body, UKRI, has revealed it was hit was a multi-million-pound IR35 bill (of £36m), taking non-compliance in the public sector to around…
New study finds Gen Z is empowering freelancers more than any other generation
Graduation season is upon us, which means a new influx of Gen Zers will be entering the workforce. A new study finds that this could give freelancers more empowerment than ever before
Key findings include:
Gen Zers are more likely…
New data indicates freelancers with clients in these industries could struggle to negotiate a rate…
The UK Industries seeing the smallest increase in wages are an indicator that clients in these sectors could be slow to negotiate a rate rise with freelancers. Is it worth staying or moving on?
Financial & Insurance Activities has…
New PayePass CEO Kermode on stamping out umbrella industry non-compliance: “There really is…
We ask ex-FCSA chief executive, Julia Kermode, about her appointment as the new CEO of umbrella company compliance specialist, PayePass, and how she aims to stamp out non-compliance in the umbrella industry supply chain.
Her appointment…
Government extends £2 bus fare cap until October
Millions of passengers across England will continue to ‘Get Around for £2’ and access vital bus services following £500 million in government funding. But prices will go up in October
The £2 bus fare has been extended until 31 October…
New data finds salary erosion driving people into self-employment and contract work
Inflation is driving permanent hire and salary freezes, which is influencing more people to go into self-employment to gain greater control over their earning power
“While there may be a fall noted in jobs in the UK, the uptick in the…
“Bulldozed by inflation”: retirement in the UK is becoming “impossible”
Freelancers, especially those nearing retirement age, can expect to feel the economic headwinds this summer now that the Bank of England has put up interest rates again to 4.5%. Will we have another rate hike this year? It's no wonder more…